Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonIn his on-stage banter, the Chicago singer Kurt Elling can sound as if he's swallowed an instruction manual on the kind of cheery badinage the Fast Show's jazz critic would have relished. But the affectations only accentuate the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... 1. - Adagio Karajan - Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker - 1989 ADAGIO Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan Total Playing Time: 78min, 49sec Year: 1989 2. - Adagio Karajan 2 - Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Phi... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz trombonist with Count Basie's orchestra and music educatorUniversally admired as both performer and educator, the trombonist Benny Powell, who has died aged 80 following surgery, was best known for his lengthy engagement with the prestigious Cou... more info

Guardian Music — We all agree he's a pop legend, but a jazz great too? There's a lot more to Stevie Wonder than you might realiseWhen Stevie Wonder closes this year's Glastonbury festival next Sunday, he'll be playing a greatest hits package, culled from nearly half ... more info

Guardian Music — (Poll Winners)Abbey Lincoln has inspired many singers, Cassandra Wilson being perhaps the best known. This two-disc set comprises early sessions for the Riverside label in 1958 and 59, with Miles Davis's Philly Joe Jones and Lincoln's future husband ... more info

All About Jazz — The jazz pianist/composer Hank Jones has died at age 91 at a New York City hospital Sunday night following a brief illness... His 70-year career includes having worked as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist. He also is a footnote in U. S. Presidential history ... more info

Guardian Music — Prolific jazz pianist and composer, he was a sensitive accompanist to Ella FitzgeraldThe great jazz drummer Elvin Jones, asked by JazzUK magazine in 2001 how it felt to be still playing full-on jazz in his 70s, simply pointed to the example of his ol... more info

Pitchfork — The New York Times reports that jazz pianist Hank Jones died yesterday in the Bronx. He was 91. Jones grew up outside Detroit with his two younger brothers, fellow future jazz greats Thad and Elvin. As the Times reports, in 1944, Jones moved to New Y... more info

All About Jazz — July 9, 10 and 11, 2010, the 7th annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival, located in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, has announced a change of venue from Main St. in Old Town, to the new Home of the Chuck Niles Memor... more info

All About Jazz — Smokey Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown were among the music legends being honored on the Apollo Theater's new Walk of Fame in New York City. Workers on Monday began installing sidewalk plaques in front of the storied Harlem theater celeb... more info